SPEAKERS
Conference highlights
The BAPCO 2020 conference will offer visitors a host of best-practice orientated presentations, delivered by some
of the key thought leaders in the industry. Here are just a few of this year’s many highlights.
Keynote address: Emergency Services Network progress
Bryan Clark, Programme Director Emergency Services Network, UK Home Of ce
Bryan will provide an overview of the work which has taken place on the UK’s new nationwide emergency services
broadband network, in the time since his presentation to conference last year. He will describe technical developments,
collaboration and partnering with suppliers, as well as collaborative work with emergency services users themselves.
Following his presentation, Bryan will be available for questions from the oor. Visitors will also have the opportunity to
meet the ESN team at their stand in the BAPCO 2020 exhibition. The team will also be running themed seminars targeted at
emergency services users.
10th of March at 09:45-10:15, Conference A
The best use of drones and autonomous vehicles in policing
Pippa Malmgren, Co-founder, H-Robotics
Pippa’s presentation will consist of a deep-dive into the practical uses of cutting edge autonomous technology by the
emergency services. This includes mapping, as well as communications for increasingly effective search and rescue
operations.
Speaking of this, she said: “The utility of a drone is not the ying – it is in the acquisition, assimilation and analysis of
data. Policing must adapt to a world that is already converting atoms of reality into bits of data. The policing of the future
won’t be in pieces of paper but in point clouds and persistent digital assets.”
She continues: “Drones are no longer to be thought of as the toys that a few of cers have the skill to handle, and which
the British weather regularly defeats. They are tools that run themselves in ways that allow the police to keep doing their
job without needing to be distracted by operating additional equipment.”
10th of March at 10:15-10:45, Conference A
Special lecture and discussion: Bene ts and challenges of changes to the UK telecoms network
Huw Saunders, Director of Network Infrastructure, Ofcom
Huw will speak about the migration of the UK’s telephone network from public switched telephone network (PSTN) to Voice
over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology. This industry-led change will see PSTN permanently switched-off in 2025, but with
the migration of customer lines beginning well in advance.
He will discuss the implications for all PSTN users, including the potential impact on critical national infrastructure, lifedependent
devices and other services that are key to the UK economy.
Discussing his presentation and the implications of the switch-off for all users, Huw said: “Some communications
providers are offering testing facilities for downstream service providers to see if their equipment will continue to work
effectively over VoIP. End users and service providers should contact their service or equipment suppliers to consider
whether equipment needs to be upgraded, re-con gured or replaced and plan appropriate action.”
11th of March at 13:45-14:15, Conference A
Transport for London’s surface radio network digital transformation: Enabling individual and group
based communications
Thomas Brewster, Service Delivery Manager, Surface Technology and Data, Transport for London; Jamie Bishop,
General Manager, Transportation Sector at Tait Communications
Jamie and Thomas will present on the roll-out of Transport for London’s futureproof digital platform for surface transport
comms, as provided by Tait Communications. This involved the replacement of the legacy analogue system for buses, as well
as ensuring connectivity to smart devices, enabling group and individual communications using Push to Talk over cellular.
According to a spokesperson, at the core of the project “wasn’t just the technology but also stakeholder engagement,
effective service development and piloting of the proposed solutions to enable user adoption. In addition, there needed
to be engagement with recent regulatory changes such as GDPR, alongside awareness of the implications that arise when
working with ‘bring your own devices’ versus corporate personal issue smart devices/traditional pooled radios.”
11th of March at 10:00-10:30, Conference B
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